Scottie Scheffler’s rival replied after ‘sit at one other desk’ quip earlier than Masters dinner

A LIV Golf insurgent made his emotions clear after being instructed to take a seat elsewhere on the Champions Dinner by Scottie Scheffler.

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Scottie Scheffler tried to construct bridges earlier than internet hosting the Masters dinner (Picture: Getty) This text accommodates affiliate hyperlinks, we’ll obtain a fee on any gross sales we generate from it. Study extra

Bubba Watson delivered a humorous response to Scottie Scheffler’s “sit at one other desk” quip forward of the Masters Champions Dinner. Earlier than the opening main of the season, former Inexperienced Jacket winners collect collectively, with the earlier 12 months’s champion deciding on the menu.

The 2023 dinner threatened to be a fraught event, coming simply months after the bitter divide on the high of the lads’s recreation, which noticed quite a few main gamers break free from the PGA Tour to affix the Saudi-backed LIV Golf. Notable former Masters champions to defect included Phil Mickelson, Dustin Johnson, Charl Schwartzel, Sergio Garcia, Patrick Reed and Bubba Watson. Regardless of the extreme emotions surrounding LIV Golf’s launch, these gamers had been welcomed again to Augusta for the Champions Dinner, with defending champion Scheffler jokingly suggesting they’d not be sitting beside him.

Forward of the 2023 match, Scheffler mentioned: “I have not seen lots of the LIV guys. I noticed Bubba on trip this 12 months, and I instructed him that I used to be simply going to have a separate desk for him within the nook by himself. [I’m] solely kidding, clearly.”

Moderately than taking offence, Watson, the champion in 2012 and 2014, was merely delighted to nonetheless be included within the prestigious gathering. He mentioned: “Hey, so long as I am within the Champions Dinner, I am high quality.

“I am going to sit wherever he tells me. It is high quality. So long as I am allowed again, I am going to sit wherever he desires me to. I am going to sit exterior and simply stare within the window.”

On a extra severe observe, Scheffler insisted the Masters Dinner offered an opportunity to set the PGA Tour/LIV dispute to 1 aspect. He mentioned: “I feel for a number of weeks a 12 months we will put all that apart, particularly with Augusta Nationwide being such a particular place and with the historical past of the sport and whatnot.

“I feel we will put all our stuff apart and simply get collectively for a enjoyable meal, all in a room collectively and simply sort of have fun the sport of golf and Augusta Nationwide and simply hang around.”

Having lastly claimed the Masters Inexperienced Jacket in dramatic style final 12 months, Rory McIlroy is now getting ready to host the 2026 Champions Dinner.

Masters winners pose ahead of having dinner

33 earlier Masters winners had dinner when the occasion was first hosted by Scheffler (Picture: @TheMasters/Twitter)

McIlroy’s menu, priced at roughly £240 per plate, options starters comparable to grilled elk sliders, bacon-wrapped dates impressed by his mom, rock shrimp tempura and a Georgia peach-and-ricotta flatbread.

A yellowfin tuna carpaccio, drawing inspiration from New York’s Le Bernardin, may even characteristic amongst the starters. Diners could then choose between Wagyu filet mignon and seared salmon for his or her fundamental course.

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Conventional Irish champ, Brussels sprouts, glazed carrots and crispy Vidalia onion rings full the aspect dishes, with sticky toffee pudding rounding off the meal as dessert, accompanied by a 1990 Château Lafite Rothschild and a 1989 Château d’Yquem.